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Analysis | Trust But Verify: The Demise of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force Treaty

Anna J. Davidson
United States, American Foreign Policy, China, Connectivity, Economic Policy, Economics, Foreign Policy, Geopolitics, Great Powers

The United States has officially announced that it is withdrawing from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Force Treaty in response to what it deems a “material breach” of the Treaty by the Russian Federation. Although the announcement marks the official loss of the Treaty, the unraveling of the INF has been years in the making. Although neither the United States nor Russia are yet able to agree upon who is to blame for the demise of the INF Treaty, there is no doubt that the next move is Moscow’s to make. 

Analysis | What is Security? Everything.

Joshua Ball
Conflict & Peace, Collective Defense, Defense Policy, Foreign Policy, Geopolitics, National Security, Security Affairs, Technology, Terrorism, Great Powers

With a return to great power competition, national security priorities are shifting. States, rather than non-state actors like terrorist groups or insurgencies, are the primary security threat. The idea that security encompasses more than military and defense issues alone has returned. The security paradigm of the twenty-first century has expanded to nearly every facet of human life.

Analysis | Geopolitics in the Era of Connectivity: Beijing and Brussels Compete for Central Asia

Cameron Vaské
European Union, Foreign Policy, Soft Power, Grand Strategy, Economic Policy, Eastern Europe, China, Central Asia, Geopolitics, Connectivity, National Security

Both Europe and China recognize the potential for economic growth at home and abroad by bringing the two ends of Eurasia closer together. Yet Beijing and Brussels have diverging views for Eastern Europe and Central Asia and are poised to compete for infrastructure investment. Connectivity — and the means to control it — is the new currency of geopolitics.